Feeding Baby Green: The Earth Friendly Program for Healthy, Safe Nutrition During Pregnancy, Childho

I will have to agree with another reviewer who says this book is good for beginners. For those who have a fairly decent knowledge of nutrition and healthier alternatives and those who did their research while pregnant, on the other hand, this book may simply be more of the same.

While I enjoyed what the book had to say regarding the "magical" properties of herbs etc, my largest complaint would be the lack of recipes throughout the book. There are some, and while the text does not call itself a cookbook, I believe more recipes, with a background on why they are the best choice for your child, would have been more suited to my own personal needs. A lot of the information is what you would find in any pregnancy guide, magazine or website.

If you have already had children or are one who is extremely health conscious, you are not likely to find a host of profound information in this book that you have not come across previously. That being said, it is certainly a viable guide for those who want to change their nutritional lifestyles for themselves, their kids and their environment (if they have not already done so).

This book has everything! If you're like me and a picky eater, you've probably wondered how to get your kids to eat things you don't eat. I was fed a very limited variety of foods as a child, and as a result I've always been very picky. This book explains why me and countless other Americans prefer the taste of packaged, processed foods loaded with salt and sugar, over fresh, wholesome, good food. So what did people do before the bland, jarred baby food of the industrial revolution hit store shelves? Read this book to find out!

What is included:

The definition of "baby" food

How to eat while pregnant to maximize the chances of your baby being an adventurous eater later on

How to introduce foods in a way your baby will find intriguing

Recipes

How we inadvertently teach our toddlers to become picky eaters

Facts about what's actually in baby food

How jarred baby food came to be in the first place

How to approach eating as "fun" and create enjoyable food experiences

You not only become educated on what to feed your baby, you become educated on the entire process of how consumers came to depend on Gerber and other baby food companies as the only way to feed a baby. I was always told that it wasn't safe to introduce too many varieties of fruits and veggies to a baby at once, but this book dispels that myth and so many others.

Skip What To Eat While You're Expecting and just read this.

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this is one of my favorite baby feeding books! forget the bland, jarred purees with BPA leaching caps, the constipating cereals, and the different "stages" that commercial baby food manufacturers try to sell us. dr. greene shows us why it is so much better to make our own baby foods, and how easy it can be! dr. greene (like dr. sears) also recommends the using a "Treasure Tray," a fun tray filled with healthy finger foods for baby (or toddler or even older) and letting him/her explore different foods, tastes and textures. we also always let our baby nibble off of our plates, and did what is called 'child led introduction to solids' and she loved it! today, at 3 1/2, she eats any and everything i put in front of her-including kale and broccoli.

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I ordered this book because I really enjoyed reading Raising Baby Green. Feeding Baby Green actually covers a lot of the same information covered in Raising Baby Green, but goes into a bit more detail. I pretty much skipped the whole first section on what to eat during pregnancy, since Raising Baby Green already covered the topic.

Overall, the book is practical and useful. I especially liked that Dr. Greene covered formula/bottle feeding. I had not expected to need that section, but after having had serious problems while breastfeeding my son, I was thankful that he gave suggestions for keeping bottle feeding as "green" as possible. However, I think he also covered that topic in Raising Baby Green, as well.

In short, I did like this book, and I found it to be helpful. If I had to do it over again, though, I would check out Feeding Baby Green from the library and buy Raising Baby Green, instead of the other way around.

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Baby food is a myth. At first glance, this seems like an overly simple statement, or maybe even an outlandish sales pitch. But as I continued to read, the weight of Dr. Green's bold statement hit me. Does he realize he's going completely contrary to a foundational belief in our society? What are his intentions and how does aim to support such a claim? The answers to those questions quickly became clear, along with a solution to our ever-growing problem of toxic chemicals in our children's food.

I know you're wondering if it's really a smart idea not to follow the Stage 1, 2 and 3 exactly as you've been told. You're thinking that it will take too long to prepare fresh food for your baby. And then what if you're not sure you can provide your baby with a balanced diet?

Drop the worry, let the fear go and dump your pre-conceived ideas about how babies should be fed. Dr. Greene has orchestrated an amazing and doable journey for you. Feeding Baby Green is so much more than a "how to" book it's a stolen look into Dr. Greene's own journey to freedom and joyful family meals where baby is included instead of separated.

And those concerns of BPA and toxic preservatives harming your baby's health? They become drastically diminished in a world where you prepare one dinner for the whole family, without the need for jarred and canned baby food. In the process your child will learn how to enjoy healthy, unprocessed food for life.

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The Complete Guide to Alzheimer's-Proofing Your Home (Revised Edition)

Mark Warner's book on Alzheimer's proofing your home is more than a how to book. Mr. Warner gives an in-depth description of the ways in which Alzheimer's disease affects a person's life, and the life of the extended family. By understanding the disease in depth and the changes that take place in a person physical and emotional need, there is a context to understanding why modifications and alterations are needed. He explains what to do and why to do it. His approach is that of a loving caregiver who not only wants to make the home safe and secure, but also wants to raise the quality of life. . Modifications are practical, but also designed to bring comfort. Even after over two decades of working professionally with people with memory loss, many of his suggestions caught me by surprise. I kept saying to myself, "why didn't I think of that?" He addresses all the behaviors associated with the disease, from wandering to agitation, and suggests environment solutions that could ease the situation. Not only will this bring a higher level of comfort to the person with the disease, but many of the suggestions are a benefit for anyone who wishes to have a safe and barrier free home. I recommend this book to anyone caring for someone with Alzheimer's, anyone involved in home care, and anyone who is interested in altering environments to meet specific needs of unique individuals. Like any thoughtful book, his ideas about adapting environments to the needs of people with Alzheimer's disease also stretches one's thinking about changing environments for anyone with specific needs, or who wants to think about the highest level of safety for family members.

This book is a must for caregivers and professionals facing the challenges of Alzheimer's. It is the first book I've read devoted to Alzheimer's care that offers something more than reasons to institutionalize our people. Caregivers need information, options and where to access tools and resources before they can make informed decisions about their choices or their role as caregiver. As someone who spent 25 years designing rehabilitations plans for handicapped people and another 10 years facing the care of my husband, Tom, who died of this disease in our home, this is the first volume I've picked up that speaks of caregiving in positive, life-giving, do-able terms and not the drudgery that we are all led to believe consumes the process. While it offers pragmatic, workable, affordable solutions to caregivers, it never loses sight of the continued humanity and needs of our family members for love and regard in spite of their loss of cognitive skills. My experience as a caregiver was met with nothing but obsticles in my quest to keep my husband home, a journey I relate in my book, "He Used to be Somebody." I found Tom's care problems were 75% attitude and 25% tools, resources and help. This book offers both to families. I highly recommend it.

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Since first reading this book over 14 months ago, I've found it a constant source for information and resources. It addresses the problems I encounter on a daily basis AND gives sources for products that I can use to provide better care for my loved one.

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What an impressive book you get 400+ pages of ways to make life more comfortable for someone with Alzheimers. These also help the caregiver in a variety of situations.

The advice covers things like how to deal with wandering and gives four types of this behavior. It tells how to eliminate places to hide and rummage, coping with fears (of bathing, of strangers, of abandonment), and managing incontinence.

The book helps with mobility issues, addresses safety and how to manage daily living. It includes a valuable section (38 pages) lists where to find special products from stair lifts to bathing aids to ramps to bedwetting alarms.

I'm so glad to see a book this comprehensive to assist with Alzheimer's needs.

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This is a wonderful resource book it has several of my favorite things a good resource book has to have. Great problem solving ideas for at home alzheimer's care, you never thought of before but wonder why you didn't. A fantastic table of contents, where under each chaper is listed all the ideas contained. And an extensive index in the back, so you have a second way of finding the particular problem you are trying to solve. In the book there are sidebars on each page that show the names of companies that sell the products they mention on that page (there's a list in back of book showing address and phone number of each company). Also suggested conversations for diversion/redirection are in sidebars. I really glad to have this book as a resource for me to help my clients. It's jammed full of ideas.

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A Fine Mess: Living Simply With Children

I don't have kids but that didn't stop me from enjoying and learning from A Fine Mess: Living Simply With Children. I love memoirs, simple living books, and homesteading tales. A Fine Mess hits on all three. Though she references another favorite of mine Helen and Scott Nearing's Living the Simple Life Hogan's family hasn't gone completely off the grid by any means. Instead, her story is one of living more thoughtfully while still being part of the modern world. There's plenty of valuable advice any of us can benefit from. The book is well written with a friendly, engaging tone. Highly recommended.

This was well-written and an enjoyable read about living simply in Vermont (with principles that can be applied anywhere) and finding out that you don't need more money to be happy.

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I was invited to write a review for an upcoming book by fellow blogger, Michelle Kennedy Hogan a while ago. Her title peaked my curiosity, "A Fine Mess: Living and Parenting Simpler, Greener, Cheaper and Wiser," because this is my own mission -to help my children and me to live simply, albeit the mess maybe. My favorite quote from the book is: "In the effort is the example, I believe." And so I leave this with you as you contemplate Michelle's new book.

She starts out by asking a few questions: What does money mean to my family? And what is our definition of success? Or how does one go from "making a living to making a life?" These are all questions I've already asked myself, but if I am honest haven't really answered. But Michelle does.

A large part of the book speaks to green and inexpensive ways to raise a baby. Even a checklist on how to save money with a newborn and all the stuff they seem to need. At one point I started to get discouraged with all the nurturing, inspirational advice that I wished I'd had when I was pregnant. Where was this book then?! But don't despair if your kids are over five, as mine are, there are other fabulous insights shared on living your core values and raising kids simply, like eating well and instilling work ethic and joy of learning in the children.

There's a wonderful section on self-employment and creating multiple streams of income for yourself. As I read it I had my own list going and I'm happy to report I quickly came up with 20 products or services I could sell at our local Saturday/Farmer's Market.

She neatly parries the thrusts of "But I don't have enough money to start my own business" with multiple examples of small businesses I'd never thought of that could be run on a "shoestring" to start out.

Michelle includes charming anecdotes from her life -like how she came to not be a cattle rancher, and the first time she tried making maple syrup. These are both enjoyed for their humility and humor, but also for the inside look at what living on a farm would be like (something I secretly crave).

And on days when she feels like hiding under the covers, her simple message still does not change. Instead she remembers why she does it. It is her unswerving belief that learning to live this type of lifestyle and "keeping these skills alive is so important in these times of great uncertainty." That "[surviving and living] without having to depend on Walmart or the grocery store to come to our aid" is the right and true course.

But what I really appreciate about Michelle Hogan's writing style in "A Fine Mess" is there is no heavy-handedness. No judgement. And that while she grows most of her food and raises chickens and sheep for meat and eggs, she's not adverse to fudge-covered Oreos and t.v.!

And she's honest: "So rather than try and be the bastion of simple and ecological living, I try and make the changes where I can and make the effort. In the effort is the example, I believe. By home-schooling, growing our food, cooking from scratch, bringing our own bags to the store, recycling, reusing, not buying what we don't need, buying used, not going into debt and the like I hope to balance out the areas where we are not so green or thrifty." (For her this is driving an SUV -but what other rig would hold nine people?!)

Read this book. You'll come away with a charged mission and new life goals -or at the very least the desire to buy (or make!) a baby sling.

Michelle Kennedy Hogan is the mother of six (almost seven) children. She is the author of 14 books including the 2005 bestseller, "Without a Net: Middle Class and Homeless (With Children) in America." Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Christian Science Monitor, , Redbook, Family Circle and many other publications. She contributes to NPR and frequently speaks to groups on topics like poverty, homelessness, frugality, homeschooling and going "green." She was an organic farmer for many years, but now makes her home in Green Bay, Wisconsin where she is developing an urban homestead.

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I liked the overall message in the book and many of the stories were entertaining an easy read and the book kept my interest. The reason I give it three stars is that there were several typos and a numbered list that just sort of appeared out of nowhere. In some chapters, the writing seemed like a first draft and it just didn't seem to flow. I think it could have been better with some further editing. I'd still recommend it for the content if weak editing won't totally annoy you.

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Good read, could not put it down..Made me feel like we could make it after my husband lost his job. With the economy like it is now I think a lot more people should realize this is a wonderful way to live and save money!

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The Family Handbook of Hospice Care

At a most difficult time in my life, I was able to read step by step what to expect and know that what was happening and what I was feeling was normal. Panic was eliminated and anxiety was relieved by reading every word of this book. When there is no help for your loved one, this book helps you to help them through the dying process. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED for all going through in-home "hospice".

I recommend this book to anyone who has a loved one on hospice care or just to learn about the process should the event arise. Very helpful in answering your questions about hospice care and who is involved in the caregiving.

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The Magic Touch: How to make $100,000 per year as a Massage Therapist; simple and effective business

As a a newly minted L.M.T., I have been busy devouring any information I find regarding my profession. I went to a wonderful school where we were taught some about marketing and had local massage therapists and spa owners come in to speak with us about the industry and our profession. However, I felt the information shared was rather general and was not very helpful if I wanted to seriously pursue my dream of private practice. I decided to open my own practice within a few months of graduating. My former life was spent as a business administrator so I felt confident I could manage my own business. Still, I wanted some validation that I am moving in the correct direction toward a successful career. Being that we are rather solitary professionals, I found it difficult to find the validation I desired. Then I stumbled upon "The Magic Touch: How to make $100,000 per year as a Massage Therapist" and I am so happy I did!

Ms. Holub took the bull by the horns and outlined everything a budding massage therapist might want to consider implementing into his or her practice or even one's own professional image. In her book, Ms. Holub shares valuable information gleamed from her own clients. I found that information invaluable and felt good that I was already doing much of what she suggests. She even made me reconsider some of my approaches with clients.

I found the information regarding how to break into hotel massage and private practice most insightful. I had already made the decision early on that I would not be interested in pursuing the hotel industry as I am a busy mother of three. However, if I was single and filled with energy I would have considered the hotel industry as a way to build up clientel. If you want information on how to navigate the hotel industry, Ms. Holub's information is valuable. As for private practice, I was already trying to figure out how to draw in more clients. A few of the ideas I had were validated in Ms. Holub's book. Better still, she gave sound advice on how to pursue new avenues for bringing in more clients. I am already successfully implementing some of her suggestions.

Bottom line regarding "The Magic Touch: How to make $100,000 per year as a Massage Therapist" is that it is worth your time. I know I could have really benefited from the information in this book a year ago when I first started out. Now that I have been at if for awhile, it is good to know I am heading in the right direction and have discovered little ways I can tweak my practice into a very successful business.

Thank you, Ms. Holub for extending a hand in a solitary profession, helping us all succeed the best we can!

I feel validated by Meagan! It's difficult to be different and I am in so many ways, one of which is intuitiveness. I felt as though a close friend was sitting next to me on my couch explaining how she made her massage business work by giving me the horrid details of what she had to dredge through to get there. It's as though she wanted me to succeed and not have to visit the dark places she has been, like she wanted me to learn from her experiences. Not many people are willing to share what they worked so hard to achieve.

I may not be able to use all the helpful suggestions that Meagan gives but you can bet she got me thinking outside the box. I have a new perspective of how others view me and my business now. She and I may live in quite different communities, however, several of her ideas are applicable anywhere.

With an open mind and fortitude we can all succeed in this business at whatever income level makes us comfortable. Meagan decided that six figures was comfortable for her and she went out and got it. Way to go Meagan! Thank you for your vulnerability, `friendship', and insight!

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A short, easy to read book packed with great advicebased on experience of what works and thinking outside the box. Other than a few grammatical errors and some topics that could have been expanded upon, it is well worth the time and money. I did think the book was quite pricey, but given the income possible if the advice is followed, it is reasonable.

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As a concerned father of a soon-to-be Massage Therapist, I bought a copy of this book for my daughter, as she recently graduated from Massage School and it has been a difficult time for her in the current economy. I found the first couple of pages interesting enough that I ended up reading the entire book, myself. As a result, I learned an incredible amount of information on how to support my daughter throughout her new profession. More importantly, my daughter LOVES the book too. She says it has reinstated the basics that her school taught her AND addressed a myriad of topics her school didn't cover that are important to her success and safety as a Massage Therapist.

In my opinion, the author, Meagan Holub, has succeeded in bringing to light the many uncomfortable situations that can arise in this profession, and how to stop them before they happen. Both my daughter and I felt like "The Magic Touch: How to Make $100,000 per year" was speaking directly to our fears and worries. After reading it, she feels confident that she can make a great living at this, and I feel much more confident that she has made the right decision for herself in choosing Massage as a career. I don't worry about her safety anymore and she's taking steps to bring in more money. There's a lot less worry in our household thanks to the message in this book.

All-in-all this book is a very honest, intelligent and (for lack of a better word) "cool" read for anyone who wants to understand the complexities of being a Massage Therapist in the world today written by someone who has been on both sides of the coin.

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A friend suggested I read this book, which was surprising, since I am an entrepreneur in the music industry. But I am so glad she did! Meagan's advice and go-getter attitude not only inspired me, but gave helpful real life tips like which credit card processor to use and how to handle difficult customers. I truly believe that anyone who reads this book, especially massage therapists, will learn tools to improve their technique and bottom line. Also, it's a quick, fun read packed with excellent information!

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